THE PITT BUILDING ON SMITHFIELD STREET IS NOW BLACK-OWNED BY THE GREENWOOD PLAN, A NON-PROFIT, WHOSE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS KHAMIL BAILEY. (PHOTO BY ROB...
Part 2 of ‘The Black Market’ occurs Dec. 4-6
by Rob Taylor Jr.
Courier Staff Writer
Fourteen-year-old Michael Woodson Jr. might be the only youngster in Pittsburgh...
Blaqk House Collections getting plenty of support after front windows were shattered
by Rob Taylor Jr.
Courier Staff Writer
“We’re going to be here, we’re going to...
The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that PA CareerLink has reopened their two locations in Downtown Pittsburgh and Forest Hills, though by appointment only.
The...
The Pittsburgh Black Media Federation held its 32nd annual Frank Bolden Urban Journalism Workshop Aug. 1-8 at the Point Park University campus in downtown...
Jomonna Smith listens to her children, 12-year-old Mon'Dayja and 9-year-old Mon'Dae, answer the doctor's questions about school, chores and their health. (Public Source Photo/Alexandra Kanik) by Halle Stockton (Public Source)--Jomonna Smith, a 30-year-old woman, held her last job in 2008 as a store cashier. She is a single mother of three children, making ends meet with government assistance, styling hair on the side and a bit of family help. She relies on buses to get around and pays $301 a month to live in a public housing project in Braddock, a borough southeast of Pittsburgh. But she craves more for herself and her children.
